On 02/06/2014 08:17 AM, iijima yoshino wrote: > ?? Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:06:44 +0100 > Tino Sino <robottinos...@gmail.com> ????: > >> It has been asked before, but with different answers, e.g.: >> 1) dpkg-query --list | awk '/^ii +/ { print $2; }' >> 2) dpkg --get-selections | cut -f 1 >> 3) ... etc ... >> Given that the output is the same: >> $ diff \ >> <(dpkg --get-selections | cut -f 1) \ >> <(dpkg-query --list | awk '/^ii +/ { print $2; }') \ >> && echo same-output >> same-output >> I wonder, what's the golden way to do this and why? >> >> > dpkg -l > It's simple. > Nothing is really "golden" or "best", I think. > > because to use the package list for an install/reinstall you need to use set-selections, like this: --set-selections Set package selections using file read from stdin. This file should be in the format 'package state', where state is one of install, hold, deinstall or purge. Blank lines and comment lines beginning with '#' are also permitted.
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